Improvement in boots and shoes



' UNITED STATES PATENT Drunen,

EDWIN CHESTERMAN, OF BOSTN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T() HIMSELF y AND EDWIN A. EATON.

IMPROVEMENT iN ABOOTS AND SHOES.

, Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. '7,77, dated May 12, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN GHESTERMAN, of the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Ain whichvPatent No. 52,138, granted to me January 23,.

1866. In that specification I described a boot or shoe in which a lining of hair, wool, felt, or some other suitablematerial was interposed between the upper or outside and the usual lining, the double object being to secure warmth and to insure such free ventilation of the feet as, even in a shoe with an upper of vulcanized rubber, would effectually carry off perspiration and keepthe feet dry as well as Warm.

The principle of the present invention is essentially the same as that of the patented shoe just referred to; but instead of interposing a separate 'stratum of material between the upper and the lining, I make use of a single lining fabric having one rough, shaggy, or woolly side, and place the shaggy side next to the upper and the smooth side next to the inside of the shoe, thus securing lo a certain degree the v 'objects attained'by my previous invention by a ess difficult and expensive method of con'- st.. ,.ct1on.

In the accompanying drawings, A marks the l interior of a shoe or boot of any desired form.

h more plies, having a loose, shaggy, or woolly side. A material of this character is shown in l Figs. 2 and 3, the smooth side c being colored red and the shaggy side la purple.` This fabric lis so placedin the shoel that the shaggy side b is next to the upper and the smooth side o next to the foot. (Clearly shown in Fig. l1.)

A cork sole, d, may, when preferred, be

placed between the lining and the outer sole,

e, of the shoe. Y

It results from this construction that a ma teria] o f loose open texture lies next toevery part of the upper or outside of the boot or shoe. The perspiration from the foot will naturally be attracted to this part of the lining, and the motions of the foot, acting upon the elastic v I jects of that invention, but as making a lighter and less clumsy shoe, and as a cheaper method of attaining an approximation to the same results it may properly be regarded as an improvement..

The vent-holes f, opening into the ventilating-space between the lining and upper for the admission of air and the escape of air and vapor, are an important addition to my previous invention. They are shown here near the top ol the shoe, but may occupy any suitable position that may be preferred.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A boot or shoe, whether made f leather or other material, having a lining fabric, one' of whose sides consists of a loose, shaggy, or

woolly material when such shaggy side is placed' toward the upper or outside of the boot or shoe for the purpose of securing warmth and ventilation, as specified.

The above specilication of my said invention signed and witnessed at Boston this 15th dayl of January, A. D. 1868.

EDWIN 'cHEsrnnMAN Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. CLEVELAND, Gans. F. ScrANsBURY. 

